Railway-car window



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Patented June 30, 1925.

-UNITED STATES PATEuroF-Fiea THOMAS ELLIOTT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO,

ASSIGNOR TO THE CINCINNATI CABI'COM' PANY, OF CINCINNATI, QHIQ, A CORPORATION CF OHIO.

' RAILWAY-GAR WINDOW.

guards combined with a sash.

The object of the invention is to provide. rack and pinion mechanism for raising, low ering, and holding in any adjusted'position the window sashrof a car and to combine therewith guard rods or bars which are on nected to. and travel with the sash and "partly up. In this occupy the window space that the sash would otherwise leave open when up or particularly children, are prevented from leaning out of the window opening and are protected from any danger oftalling out of the window when the sash is up; while by means of my improved mechanism the guard rods or bars as well as the sash are heldin any position to which the sash may be adjusted, the friction between the several operating gears andrackbar being sulii cient to hold the sash audits attached guards in "any"adjustedposition; In the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification:

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view through one side of a railway car showing my improved sash mechanism, the view being taken on the'line 1-1 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrow. 1

Figure 2 is an interior view of part of the side of a car, looking from the interior I of the car outward and with the inner side plate removed and the sash mechanism partly in section and partly in elevation.

My invention isapplicable to any of the usual types of railway cars, more particularly city and interurban cars.

In the drawings the numeral 1. indicates an upper side post, 2 a lower side post, 3 a window sill with a filling 4, a skirt or, trim 5 and a stool 6. Between each two upper posts 1 are mounted to slide up and down in the usual way the usual sash one of which is way passengers, and a Application filed October 20, 1924., Serial No. 744,688.

indicated at 7. Such sash is adapted to be raised and lowered so as to open or close the window opening. Tothe sash I connect my operating mechanism and my guard bars or rods. To this end I attach to the lower sash rail an angle plate 8 which for purposes of giving a finish I overlay with a molding 9, recessed at intervals on its under side to ac- -comrnodate the heads of the guard rods and the upper end of the rack bar. These guard rods are indicated at 10 and are connected to the plate 8 as by having their ends upset in addition to tightly fitting holes in the plate. The rods extend down into a space or pocket 11, see Figure 1, formed between the outer plate 12 and inner plate 13 of the car side. a

To encase or guide these rods I provide guide tubes 14: secured to guide collars 15 which are fitted tightly in the stool of the window opening. The tubes extend down through the pocket; 11 and are held near their lower ends by;bushing 16 which have threaded extensions on which are screwed nuts 17 to bind their heads 18 against a plate 19 which forms a part of the interior car construction in making up the side pocket. In this way the guard rodslO are guided and made readily slidable no matter what their position of up or down adjustment may be. hen the sash is wholly or partly up these guard rodsextend across the sash openings frcm the window stool to the lower sash bar, and thus constitute guards which prevent passengers from leaning out of the window openings and exposing themselves to danger. The rods also prevent children from liability to {all out of the window openings when the sashes are up. Thus these guard rods perform a very useful purpose. v

I will nowrefer to the means for operating the sash, either to raise orlower it and to hold it in any adjusted position. These means comprise a rack bar 20 secured to the angle plate 8through the use of collar 21 attached to the plate and within which the rack is firmly secured. The rack is positioned about midway thewidth of the sash so as to'lift equally both sides of the sash. The rack extends down .into .the pocket 11 before referred to. It is guided and held in proper position with relation to the operating gear presently to be mentioned,

plate and into the pocket 11.

by passing through a gear casing 22 and in contactwith a guide plate 22 secured, -as by screws, to the casing, as seen in Figure 2.

This casing comprises a cover or face 23 adapted to fit onand be secured to the inner 29 has mounted on its shaft a crank or handle by which it maybe rotated. The pinion 2 8 meshes with the teeth of the rack bar 20 and thereby operates it and the sash up and-down, "On the sha-ftcot this pinion 28 is mounted an intermediate gear 81 which meshes with' the pinion 29 and is thereby rotated sons to revolve the pinion 28 and in V turn'reciprocate the rack bar .20 to elevate and lower the window sash.

the inner ,plate 13 of the car body is .11s11ally quite thin, it is desirable to reinforce this plate at the place where this gear casing generally designated 21 is located. To this end I provide a reinforcing plate 82 which is secured preferably at its 'four ure 2 because in that'figure the inner side .plate of the car has been .broken o fi'fto .ex-

pose the sash operating .m'echanism.

It is tound to be unnecessary to equip the sash or this operating mechanism witlrany -means for,'locking them, in any adjusted and the fricti-on between the rack bar and the gu derods and .-the1r guides s foundv to be suffic ent to cause the sash to remain 111 ,larlyso in cases where, as is almost universal, the sashes are equ pped with the usual anti-rattling ,or friction springs,

It :will further be observed that this sash- .ltUSlllg mechanism does not require that .the

.sill 3,.the outer portion of which fits against ;the sideplateof the car andconstitutes in effect a belt rail, shall involve weakening such sill ,or rail, Small ,holes merely are needed for the passage of the rods 10 and 20 So that I {have preserved or notinterrferedwith .the strength and rigidity ,of the sill tor guard rail and at the same time pro- :vided .this eflicient sash raising and lower:

,ing mechanism. a

It WlllIIOW be seen :that .my invention affords a readily applied mechanism or window equipment by which the several functionsot raising-and lowering the sashes,

lnaintainingthein in any adjusted position,

and safeguarding passengers, are pen formed.

v j. sill. position because the friction between .the i gearlng, and betweenthem and the rack har I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications and, changes as may be necesseryto adapt it to Varying con ditions.

Having thus fully described. my .inVOIl tion, whatlaolaiinu'as .new..and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is: i 1. The combination with a railway car having a window opening and a sash mounted therein, of guard rods secured to the sash and adapted to movetherewith, and operating mechanism to adjust thesaslrand its guard rods to different positions, .comprising-a rack bar carriedby one otsaid guard rods, 5 a ,crank. and intermediate gearing by,which the rack is operated thr ough the crank, such mechanism being mounted on theflside of the -car beneath the window sill.

2 The combination with a railway car having a window opening and a pocket in its sidefbcneath such opening, .of'a sash slidably mounted in the opening, a series of ,guard rods depending from the sash and jand operating mechanism comprising a rack corners to the car plate as by'screws 33. .Thislreinforcing plate and these fastening screws are indicated in dotted lines in Figcarried by,on e of said guardrails, a pinion ,i'neshing with the rack, another, pinion and ,a crank therefor, anintermediate gear ,by which the latter pinion rotates the fo' nncr, said gears being located within a pocket in the side of the car belowthe sill and such crank being ,located outside otthe pocket but -.within the car and below the 3. The combination with a car having a w ndow open ng and :a pocket beneath the ,opening, of, a sash slidably mounted .in

the opening, guard, rods secured to ,-the sash,

H n guidetubes securedin the pocket andadapt anyad usted position. And this is particu ed to receive the guard rods a raclrbar secured to the sash ,and-extendechinto the pocket, agear casing secured-t0 the inner wall of the pocket, pinions mounted in bearings insaichcasing, one pinion meshing with ,therack .bar ,and'jthe other having a crank ,to operateit, and an lntermediate gear meshing with the crank pinion and connected; with the rack pi nion such casing,

,gears ,and cranlobeing located below the window sill .4. The combinationwith acar having a window,.openingand a ,pocket in its side beneath the opening, of a sash, an, angle ;.plate .securedto ,the sash, ,a iinolding cover ing the plate, a series of guard. rods connected tothe plate, a likeseries of guide tubes secured withinthe pocket and adapted each to ,receive arod, a rack bar also secured to the plate iand .fixtended into the, pocket,

in :gearcasing secured to theinner wall of the ,-poc-ket ,andflhavang a shell projecting Within the pocket, with openings for the rack bar and bearings for pinions, a pinion in one set of bearings meshing with the bar, another pinion in another set of bearings and having a crank, and an intermediate gear meshing with the crank pinion and connected with the rack pinion, the relation of the parts being such as to develop friction to maintain the parts with the sash in adjusted positions, such pocket gearing and crank being located below the window sill.

5. The combination with a railway car having a window opening and a sash mounted therein, of guard rods secured to the sash and adapted to move therewith, and

operating mechanism to adjust the sash and 15 and constituting a belt rail element, such 20 operating mechanism being located beneath such sill and within a pocket formed in the side of the car body.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

THOMAS ELLIOTT. 

